in this video i'm going to just discuss something that is of absolutely vital importance
if you are trying to run a business or if you want to run a business or start your own business
and it's something that i've observed with some leading
people in the racing industry and in the ga the individuals in question are aiden o'brien
the racehorse trainer willie mullins the racehorse trainer and the former dublin ga
football manager jim gavin all of these men have one thing in common i watch a lot of racing on tv
i watch the flats in o'brien and watched willie mullins uh during the national hunt season and
obviously i watch it well not obviously but i watch all the ga matches because i'm a ga man
and have been for over 50 years so i watch these sports i watch these activities and i see how the
various managers manage and what they do and what how they approach particular events and how they
react after particular events and how indeed they react at the event brian cody would be another
good example i mean cody there at the weekend when kilkenny beat claire in the ireland semi-final
cody was asked about having a settle team and he said it's not about resettle team he says i don't
really care about a settled team he said i want a uh active happy panel it's all about the panel
it's all about the collective it's all about the team but the lesson that you can glean from aidan
o'brien aidan o'brien after every big success on the in epsom or in sandown or in goodwood or in
the cora or wherever else afterwards when it's interviewed he'll say we really like this horse
jamie writes him out every day mary looks after him and looks out
you know billy leads him up mary and susan traveled with them
etc etc they all love the horse etc the point is edna brian will name check everybody
who has had any part whatsoever in the success of the horse because o'brien recognizes the value of
the employee recognizes the value and contribution of his staff and you watch and i challenge you
to watch racing and watch eden o'brien after every big success and he will literally name check
everybody who has anything to do with the horse everybody who rides the horse out mocks out leads
him up travels with him rides them on the course etc it's all about the individuals concerned
and about how they contribute to the team and o'brien always recognizes their contribution
willie mullins it's the same story mullins will always reference the head lad or the lad leading
them up or the girl that rides him out or the girl who looks after him or the person who rides the
horse in work and looks after him or maybe brings them back and attends to the horse after an injury
and so on again it's all about the people involved because every successful organization every
successful team is only as strong as its weakest link and its weakest link if staff are unhappy
or if there's a group of staff even a small group they can create a lot of difficulty so these guys
willie mullins aiden o'brien recognize the value of the team recognize the value of the collective
speaking of the collective jim gavin a few years ago jim gavin gave an interview to the irish times
and i read it very very carefully but the guy in the irish times i think it was kate duggan
made the point that jim gavin does not do one-on-one interviews and keith duggan was
fascinated or interested as to why on this occasion jim gavin decided and agreed to do
the interview for darius times the reason for it was because he was actually promoting the bray
air show in other words jim gavin is a pilot and i think he was the chief executive of the irish
aviation authority or some aviation body but i think he was the main man the chief executive of
the irish aviation authority having worked his way up from being i think a cadet in the army
a pilot and so forth but keith douglas at the beginning of the interview asked him just out
of curiosity he said jim why you you don't give interviews you don't give one-on-ones this is the
first one i've ever seen you doing i'm delighted you're doing it but why are you doing this one
uh and he said to promote the bray air show and when he asked him then why don't you do others
jim gavin said it's not about me it's about the team so again a very very good illustration
of a top manager a top man manager a person manager jim gavin aiden o'brien willie mullins
cody take a leaf from their book in relation to the value that you're going to place on your
human capital your human resources your people the people in your organization in this little
organization here or in any big organization will make or break the organization if you're going to
run a business if you're going to start a business make sure that you look after your people well and
if you don't or don't have the skills to do so then you really should consider getting some
professional help with that because the people in any organization whether it's center or super
value or nomad across the road there or this place the people making the calls returning calls
responding to emails doing this simple important valuable work day after day with consistency
with commitment with passion they will make or break your business and they will determine the
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